Obituaries

Theresa Black

Theresa Black

May 18, 2020

Theresa Alice Gajewski Black, 89, of Chesnee, SC, died Monday, May 18, 2020, at her home. Born July 16, 1930, in Buffalo, NY, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Frances Grabowska Gajewski and widow of Louis John Black. Mrs. Black was a member of First Baptist North Spartanburg and retired from Fast Fare Convenience Store and Spartan...

Judy Birkhimer

Judy Birkhimer

May 18, 2020

Judy Good Birkhimer, 70, of Moore, SC, died Monday, May 18, 2020, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 10, 1949, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Mack and Blanche Gwinn Good. Mrs. Birkhimer was a member of Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church and the owner/operator of Uniquely Yours Monogramming and Gift Shop. She was a...

Joann Whitt

Joann Whitt

May 18, 2020

JoAnn Clary Whitt, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, May 18, 2020 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Johns Creek, GA. Born in Spartanburg, SC, March 22, 1935 to the late Fred and Sybil Gossett Clary, she was a member of Arcadia United Methodist Church and 1953 graduate of Fairforest High School. She attended Cecil's...

David Rubel

David Rubel

May 17, 2020

David Scott Rubel, 62, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, May 17, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 27, 1958, in Cincinnati, OH, he was the son of Patricia Anne DeWalt Rubel of Spartanburg and the late Harold Richard Rubel, MD. David was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and USC Upstate where he served on the Athletic Development Board...

Jerry Williams

Jerry Williams

May 17, 2020

On Sunday, May 17, 2020, the Lord called his son Jerry Cannon Williams home after a short battle with cancer. Jerry was born in Spartanburg on June 6, 1941 to Harry and Kathleen Cannon Williams. He was the beloved husband of Patricia Genoble Williams, his sweetie pie, for 59 years. He attended Pacolet High School and Laredo Junior College where...

Lewis Mccallister, Sr.

Lewis Mccallister, Sr.

May 17, 2020

Lewis Oliver McCallister, Sr., 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, May 17, 2020, at RoseCrest HealthCare Center. Born December 1, 1927, in Inman, SC, he was the son of the late Lewis Oscar McCallister and Carrie Hall McCallister and husband of the late Alliene Littlefield McCallister. A U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War, Mr. McCallister was a member...

Sophie Yeoman

Sophie Yeoman

May 16, 2020

Sophie Kramer Yeoman, 85, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Saturday, May 16, 2020, at her home. Born February 9, 1935, in Ragensburg, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Karl and Marie Kramer. She retired from Burndy Corporation and was of the Roman Catholic faith. Sophie was from Germany and she met her husband of 48 years, Paul Yeoman,...

Jewel Dunn

Jewel Dunn

May 15, 2020

Jewel Stewart "Trixie" Dunn, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, May 15, 2020, at her home. Born October 12, 1938, in Estill Springs, TN, she was the daughter of the late Fred Stewart and Dora Stewart Moody along with her step-father, Paul Moody who raised her. She was married for 49 years to the late Joseph Richard Dunn. Trixie had...

Mary Howard

Mary Howard

May 15, 2020

Mary Alice Howard, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, May 15, 2020, at her home. Born November 26, 1936, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James Broadus Seay and Callie Bagwell Seay and widow of Johnny Ryan Howard, Sr. Mrs. Howard loved her family. She was a member of Cowpens First Baptist Church where she was a...

Gregory Addington Jr.

Gregory Addington Jr.

May 15, 2020

Gregory Wayne Addington, Jr., 57, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, May 15, 2020 at his home. Born July 14, 1962 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Gregory Wayne Addington, Sr. of Tennessee and Elizabeth "Tootie" Stephens Hocking, of Spartanburg, SC and the husband of Tammy Robinson Addington. Greg was a heavy equipment operator. He was devoted to his...

Robert Mcintyre

Robert Mcintyre

May 13, 2020

Robert Dwayne McIntyre, 71, of Wellford, SC, died Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at his home. Born November 6, 1948, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Dewey McIntyre and Mary Jones McIntyre. Mr. McIntyre enjoyed fishing and woodworking. He was a member of Wellford Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 20 years, Phyllis Nicholson McIntyre;...

Margaret Bishop

Margaret Bishop

May 13, 2020

That seems so final, so impossible and inadequate to describe a life lived. It's really stranger than that. A grave marker shows a birth date and the date one dies... Only there's this little hyphen mark...you know, the little line between birth and death dates and that little hyphen represents "the life" where all the living was done in Margaret's...

Dale Randall

Dale Randall

May 13, 2020

Dale Lee Randall, 60, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at his home. Born April 27, 1960 in Flint, MI, he was the son of Evelyn Irene Wenger Randall of Spartanburg, SC and the late Jerome Edward Randall. A graduate of Clemson University, Dale was an avid Clemson fan. He was a former member of the Boy Scouts...

Kobe Easler

Kobe Easler

May 13, 2020

Kobe Rashaud Easler, infant son of Jennifer Michelle Easler, was born unto earth and heaven on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. In addition to his mother, he is survived by a brother, David Niklaus Farmer of Gaffney, SC; and grandfather, David Easler of Gaffney, SC. He was predeceased by his grandmother, Anita Saunders Easler. Private services will be held at a...

Fred Fraley

Fred Fraley

May 12, 2020

Fred Richard "Coach" Fraley, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born March 1, 1933, in Floyd County, KY, he was the husband of the late Frances Smith Fraley and son of the late Ray and Eunice Martin Fraley. A graduate of Furman University on a basketball scholarship and longtime coach at Chapman...

James Whitlock

James Whitlock

May 11, 2020

James Richard "Rick" Whitlock, 73, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, May 11, 2020, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 6, 1946, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Pete Whitlock and Hazel Horne Whitlock Sutton. A U. S. Army and U. S. Navy veteran of Vietnam, Mr. Whitlock was a retired electrician and attended Resurrection Baptist Church...

Wylie Duncan

Wylie Duncan

May 10, 2020

Wylie Samuel Duncan, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, May 10, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 8, 1942, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Mars Sellies Duncan Sr. and Annie Beatrice Martin Duncan. Mr. Duncan loved his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, telling jokes and golfing. A retired painting contractor, he was a member of Hejaz...

Russell Lavender

Russell Lavender

May 10, 2020

Russell Lavender, 99, of Moore, SC, died Sunday, May 10, 2020, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 20, 1920, in Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late Grover Cleveland Lavender and Myra Ruppe Lavender and husband of 76 years to the late Edna Mae Cooper Lavender. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, Mr....

James Morrow

James Morrow

May 10, 2020

James Carol "Jack" Morrow, 97, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Sunday, May 10, 2020, at Lakewood Assisted Living. Born October 9, 1922, in Woodruff, SC, he was the son of the late John Rowland Morrow and Elizabeth Brooks Morrow and husband of the late Mary Evelyne Daily Morrow. A U. S. Army veteran who fought in World War II, Mr....

Micaiah Mckeown

Micaiah Mckeown

May 9, 2020

Micaiah Ryuan McKeown, 15, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Saturday, May 9, 2020, at his home. Born November 22, 2004, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Matthew McKeown of Danville, VA and Jennifer Banks Bugg of the home. Micaiah enjoyed fishing, Clemson football, basketball, NBA2K and Madden video games. He attended the Church at the Mill and was...